JAY KEAR, FUHS 1955

(I can't get the line spacing to work. Please excuse the difficulty in reading this message.) Connie Please pass the following information to FUHS Alumni. Jay Kear Class of 1955, Passed on, August 22, 2012. Jay was in great condition enjoying life when two years ago, was diagnosed with a brain tumor. As was his nature, Jay took the high ground and was determined to beat this problem. Unfortunately the medicines that helped defeat the tumor proved to be toxic. I was fortunate to see Jay on August 15 on my trip to Calif and said goodby to him that day. There are many classmates of Jay that remember him and will be sadden by his passing. This is the messaged received today from his Wife Lauren Jay passed away Wednesday, September 22 at 11:15 pm after a brave and courageous two year battle. He won his battle with brain cancer, only to become debilitated by the toxicity of the drug treatment. It was heartbreaking. Throughout the entire ordeal, Jay remained his heroic self. He was an inspiration to us all. Please join the family and me as we celebrate the life of this magnificent man. Memorial services will be held: Friday, September 28, 2012, 11:00 am Saint Andrews Presbyterian Church 600 Saint Andrews Road Newport Beach, CA 92663 The family and I will be hosting a luncheon immediately following the service. If any of you would like to share a story or remembrance of Jay, please let me know. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to be made to: The Jay Kear Brain Cancer Fund c/o Graig Easton CHOC Children’s Foundation 455 South Main Orange, CA 92868 Checks should be made out to CHOC CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION, with Jay Kear in the memo line. Our family will direct the use of those funds in support of families whose children are battling brain cancer. Thank you for your love and support. It carried Jay and the rest of the family through some very dark days. To our family, you became the very physical expression of the outstretched arms of God. We look forward to seeing you on September 28th. Please forward this e-mail to anyone else who may be interested, as Jay was loved by many. With Gratitude, Lauren Please contact me if you have any questions Thank You Waldo L.Ortega 1217 Beagle Run Loop Hernando, FL 34442 786-201-5809 C Email: ort37@intltec.com Skype Name: waldoortega

CONNIE IN HOSPITAL LAST WEEK

I had a TIA (a tiny stroke-like brain bleed that left me incapacitated for 15 minutes) on August 16 that put me in the hospital for a week (ugg)and gave me a couple more seizeurs (but no more brain damage that we know). I will be having more tests in the next few weeks to try to determine how to prevent a full stroke (more ugg). The doctors seem to have figured out some medicine that will prevent more seizeurs in the meantime.

FULLERTON OBSERVER HOT LINK

Diane Oestreich, FUHS ’64, sent this information:

On Sunday, July 8, I was invited to be the guest speaker for the annual meeting of Fullerton Heritage, a volunteer organization “dedicated to preserving Fullerton's past for the future.” I was surprised and honored at that event to be presented with the Fullerton Heritage 2012 Community Education Award “for researching and writing the definitive history of historic Fullerton High School.” As one of our former principals used to say, FUHS is the flagship school of the community, and it was my privilege to share the school’s story in the book and in my slide presentation for Fullerton Heritage.

I hope you have availed yourself of the opportunity to purchase a copy of The History of Fullerton Union High School 1893—2011, but in case you missed out, you may purchase one for $26 from my website:
http://www.fullertonhshistory.com
or
send a check to my PO box:
Diane Oestreich
PO Box 6161
Orange, CA 92863
Copies are also available at Fullerton Hardware on Commonwealth and from Amazon.com.
If you have read the book, I would enjoy hearing from you. I have received some wonderful correspondences related to the book, but if you haven’t sent me your thoughts, please do:
diane@fullertonhshistory.com
(or send a note to me at my PO box)
P.S. Check out Fullerton Heritage’s website too:
http://www.fullertonheritage.org/
Floreat Fullerton,
Diane Oestreich
Class of 1964

There was an article in the August Fullerton Observer about all the awards given that day. I am in a photo with two others. It seems to be one pdf file, but you could put the link in for The Observer. It's on page 6. http://www.fullertonobserver.com/

I'd be happy for anything you could post. I sold a few copies as a result of sending out the email on Monday. I want to get the book into as many alumni hands as possible. It's actually pretty amazing for a public high school's history to be in book form.
Thanks, Connie
http://www.fullertonobserver.com/

MESSAGE FROM MIKE JOHNSON TO EARL

Mike Johnson, FUHS ’58, has asked me to post the following message:

Dear Earl and family,
Please accept our heartfelt condolences over you and your family's loss. Carole has fought many battles these past few years and has won many of them. We must know she is in a better place now, she has gone home.
It is always hard to lose a loved one. You must remember all the good times and press on in your everyday life.
These words are taken from what Gary and I were taught growing up in Fullerton, they are good words to remember:
DEATH. An illusion, the lie of life in matter; the unreal and untrue; the opposite of Life.
Matter has no life, hence it has no real existence. Mind is immortal. The flesh, warring against Spirit; that which frets itself free from one belief only to be fettered by another, until every belief of life where Life is not yields to eternal Life. Any material evidence of death is false, for it contradicts the spiritual facts of being.
Question. — What is Life?
Eternity of Life
Answer. — Life is divine Principle, Mind, Soul, Spirit. Life is without beginning and without end. Eternity, not time, expresses the thought of Life, and time is no part of eternity. One ceases in proportion as the other is recognized. Time is finite; eternity is forever infinite. Life is neither in nor of matter. What is termed matter is unknown to Spirit, which includes in itself all substance and is Life eternal. Matter is a human concept. Life is divine Mind. Life is not limited. Death and finiteness are unknown to Life. If Life ever had a beginning, it would also have an ending.
All the best to you and yours during your time of sorrow and loss.
In Sympathy,
Mike and Clare Johnson

CAROLE MUNRO GIBSON, FUHS 1954

email 7/30/2012 from Maureen Conner Peltzer, FUHS 1954:

Hello, Friends from 1954. Earl Gibson (FUHS 1953) just e-mailed me that Carole (his wife) passed away late last night – peacefully with her family near her. I know Carole had been fighting some type of cancer for quite a while. She was such a beautiful girl and a beautiful person.

(If any of you want Earl's address or phone number, please contact Connie Van Horn while Maureen is out of town for the next two weeks. CVANHORN@PACBELL.NET )

Email 8/3/from Lois Putman Givens, FUHS ’53, giving us the hot link to Carole's obit:
Here is the page for Carole Gibson.
http://www.woosterfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/Carole-Gibson/
http://www.woosterfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/Carole-Gibson/
(Obituary for Carole Ann Munro Gibson, FUHS 1954)
Obituary for Carole Ann Gibson
Carole Ann Gibson of Pauls Valley, Oklahoma was born May 27, 1936 to Ethel and Stacy Jones in Long Beach, California. Carole married her high school sweetheart, Earl Gibson on September 22nd, 1954 in Whittier California.
Carole left this earth in the early morning hours of July 30, 2012 at the age of 76 after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
She was preceded in death by her younger brother Dennis Munro and her mother and daddy Ethel and Blaine Munro. Carole is survived by her husband Earl Hugh Gibson of Pauls Valley; one daughter, Sheila Jacobson and her husband Terry of Pauls Valley; one son, Chris Gibson and his wife, Brenda of Toledo, Ohio; three granddaughters, Kelsey Williamson and her husband Denver of Pauls Valley; Lane Gibson and Grace Gibson of Toledo, Ohio; one great grandson, Sawyer Lee Williamson of Pauls Valley and a host of friends.
Carole’s family would like to extend a very special thank you to Valley Hospice and Dr. Susan Jones, with special gratitude to Donna Sharp and Paula Lewis for their compassionate and loving care for Carole and to Patsy Jones and Karen O’Neal for their ongoing help and support.
Carole took great pleasure from spending time with her family and friends. For many years Carole owned and operated The Serendipity Shoppe, an antiques and collectibles business out of her home in Wynnewood and later on Hwy. 19 in Pauls Valley. She loved finding treasures both large and small that she could share with others. She found the beauty in all things. “But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us “ 2 Corinthians 4:7.”
Services will be held Thursday, August 2nd, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in the Wooster Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Joe Elam of Pauls Valley presiding over the celebration of Carole’s life. Interment will be at the Oaklawn Cemetery in Wynnewood under the direction of Wooster Funeral Home. Memorials may be sent to either Valley Hospice or the American Cancer Society.You may send a condolence to the family at www.woosterfuneralhomes.com

MADRENE HARRINGTON, FUHS 1956

Harrington, Madrene J., 75, of Fullerton, passed away, July 19, 2012. She is survived by her sister, brother, and many nieces and nephews. A viewing will be held Mon., July 30, 2012 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at McAulay and Wallace Mortuary, Fullerton. A graveside service will be held Tues. July 31, 2012 at 11:00 AM at Memory Garden Memorial Park, Brea. McAulay and Wallace Mortuary

Published in Orange County Register on July 27, 2012

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